| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Lon Chaney | The Unknown | Joan Crawford |
| Mildred Pierce | Joan Crawford | A Woman's Face | Conrad Veidt |
| The Spy in Black | Conrad Veidt | All Through the Night | Humphrey Bogart |
| Casablanca | Humphrey Bogart | Brother Orchid | Ralph Bellamy |
| Blind Alley | Ralph Bellamy | The Professionals | Burt Lancaster |
| Elmer Gantry | Burt Lancaster | Judgment at Nuremberg | Montgomery Clift |
| Wild River | Montgomery Clift | The Young Lions | Marlon Brando |
| One-Eyed Jacks | Marlon Brando | The Fugitive Kind | Joanne Woodward |
| Rachel, Rachel | Joanne Woodward | The Long, Hot Summer | Orson Welles |
| Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Tomorrow Is Forever | Claudette Colbert |
| Parrish | Claudette Colbert | So Proudly We Hail! | Paulette Goddard |
| Diary of a Chambermaid | Paulette Goddard | Pot o' Gold | James Stewart |
| Destry Rides Again | James Stewart | Made for Each Other | Carole Lombard |
| Twentieth Century | Carole Lombard | They Knew What They Wanted | Charles Laughton |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Charles Laughton | Witness for the Prosecution | Marlene Dietrich |
| Blonde Venus | Marlene Dietrich | Martin Roumagnac | Jean Gabin |
| Le Jour Se Leve | Jean Gabin | Moontide | Ida Lupino |
| High Sierra | Ida Lupino | Junior Bonner | Ben Johnson |
| The Last Picture Show | Ben Johnson | The Evening Star | Shirley MacLaine |
| Terms of Endearment | Shirley MacLaine | Around the World in Eighty Days | Ronald Colman |
| Kismet | Ronald Colman | The Talk of the Town | Cary Grant |
| His Girl Friday | Cary Grant | Destination Tokyo | John Garfield |
| Humoresque | John Garfield | Juarez | Bette Davis |
| All About Eve | Bette Davis | The Catered Affair | Debbie Reynolds |
| Singin' in the Rain | Debbie Reynolds | Susan Slept Here | Anne Francis |
| Forbidden Planet | Anne Francis | Hook, Line and Sinker | Peter Lawford |
| Good News | Peter Lawford | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Joan Blondell |
| Footlight Parade | Joan Blondell | Three on a Match | Ann Dvorak |
| Scarface | Ann Dvorak | The Walls of Jericho | Linda Darnell |
| Forever Amber | Linda Darnell | Brigham Young | Dean Jagger |
| A Yank in London | Dean Jagger | Valley of the Sun | Lucille Ball |
| The Long, Long Trailer | Lucille Ball | Lured | George Sanders |
| The Moon and Sixpence | George Sanders | Jupiter's Darling | Howard Keel |
| Kismet | Howard Keel | | |